The saddest thing is that bureaucracy will stay, grow and flourish until the point of breakdown, when the system is not able to pay bureaucrats their salaries.

Or maybe even until they can't physically get to work (read with accent: "that I need to do even if I don't get paid")

At least on this specific issue, the EU is trying to simplify things by introducing "EU Inc" as a new corporate form. But it'll take several years more to arrive.